JFK: The Last Speech explores the dramatic relationship between two seminal Americans—President John F. Kennedy and the poet Robert Frost—which reached its tragic climax in a surprising encounter with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the height of the Cold War.
This collection of writings from academics, students, politicians, historians, artists of all kinds, journalists, and more encapsulates the electric energy of Kennedy’s remarkable speech about poetry, power, and the value of a liberal arts education as well as the speech’s incredible effect on the students who witnessed it. A remarkable collection of testimonies to the power of art and its relation to one of the greatest leaders of all time, this book is not to be missed by anyone, whether interested in politics, art, morality, service, biography, poetry, or history.